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Policy \/ Basic approach<\/h5>\n
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Responsible Care (RC) is a voluntary global initiative of the chemical industry. It is designed to ensure safety, health, and environmental protection across the entire life cycle of chemical products\u2014from development and manufacturing through logistics, use, final consumption, and disposal\u2014while also maintaining and enhancing product quality. Through these activities, the industry fosters dialogue with local communities and works to deepen public trust.
The Hodogaya Chemical Group regards RC activities as one of the most important pillars of its management. Guided by the fundamental principle that \u201cenvironmental conservation, safety and health, and product quality constitute the foundation of corporate management and the basis of all business activities,\u201d we pursue initiatives spanning environmental preservation, security and disaster prevention, occupational safety and health, chemical and product safety, quality assurance, logistics safety, and engagement with society.
Furthermore, we have established Responsible Care Rules to evaluate our overall business operations. We disclose our management objectives and measures for comprehensive chemical safety management as the \u201cRC Basic Philosophy\u201d and \u201cRC Basic Policies,\u201d and we ensure that their importance is thoroughly communicated to all employees through systematic education and training.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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About Responsible Care (RC)<\/h5>\n

Hodogaya Chemical joined the Japan Responsible Care Council (JRCC)<\/a> in 1997, declared its commitment to Responsible Care (RC), and established the Basic Philosophy of RC and the Basic Policies of RC.
The Basic Policies of RC form the foundation of our sound business practices. In line with the Basic Philosophy of RC, they emphasize actively ensuring environmental protection, safety, health, and quality, while striving for continuous improvement and harmonious coexistence with society.
Since then, we have established annual RC objectives based on these policies, with all employees engaged in promoting RC activities. Through these efforts, we are proactively working to secure the environment, safety, health, and quality, which constitute the very basis of our business activities.<\/p>\n

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[Declaration of Responsible Care]<\/div>\n

Hodogaya Chemical hereby establishes the Basic Philosophy of Responsible Care (RC) to protect the environment and ensure human safety and health, and declares its commitment to implementing Responsible Care activities through its day-to-day business operations.<\/p>\n

June 23, 1997<\/span><\/p>\n

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Basic Philosophy of Responsible Care (RC)<\/h5>\n
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  1. Ensuring environmental conservation, health and safety, and product quality are fundamental to its management and the basis for all business activities.<\/li>\n
  2. Ensuring environmental conservation, health and safety, and product quality can be achieved when each and every employee acts with constant awareness and responsibility in their respective capacity.<\/li>\n
  3. Ensuring environmental conservation, health and safety, and product quality leads to greater trust of society and the well-being of employees.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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    Basic Policy of Responsible Care (RC)<\/h5>\n
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    1. Each and every employee will act according to the RC basic philosophy with awareness and responsibility.<\/li>\n
    2. We will abide by the laws and regulations pertaining to our business activities as well as the requirements of the local communities and partner companies as agreed to by the Company.<\/li>\n
    3. We will ensure the safety and health of employees and local residents by controlling the safety of our operation.<\/li>\n
    4. We will provide highly functional products and services with high added value.<\/li>\n
    5. We will be environmentally conscious in the development, manufacturing, transportation, use, and disposal of our products, and strive to preserve the environment by implementing measures to prevent pollution and reduce
      \nenvironmental impact.\n<\/li>\n
    6. We will gather information on the safety of chemical substances, and will ensure the safety and health of our employees, partner companies, and suppliers by providing education and offering such information.<\/li>\n
    7. We will maintain close contact with the administrative authorities and industry groups to ensure environmental conservation, safety, health and quality.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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      System<\/h5>\n
      \u25cfResponsible Care (RC) Management System<\/div>\n

      The executive officer who supervises the Environment and Safety Department is responsible for RC activities.
      The RC & QM Subcommittee, chaired by this executive officer, meets four times a year to formulate RC activity plans, evaluate results, and review and approve company-wide RC initiatives.
      The RC goals for the following fiscal year are deliberated by the Management Committee, approved, and then reported to the Board of Directors, thereby ensuring top management\u2019s commitment.
      In line with the \u201cBasic Philosophy of RC,\u201d the Hodogaya Chemical Group engages in initiatives to achieve its RC goals.
      As part of this implementation framework, we have obtained integrated certification for ISO management systems (ISO 9001 and ISO 14001) covering all domestic business sites of Hodogaya Chemical as well as all domestic sites of Group companies.
      Although we have not obtained ISO 45001 certification, we adopt equivalent measures by holding safety and health committee meetings at each site at least once a month and by disseminating and sharing information on safety and health.
      Through these efforts, we strive to manage goals via the PDCA cycle and to pursue continuous improvement.
      The company-wide RC plan is further broken down into site-level and workplace-level plans, with occupational safety and health promoters at each workplace taking the lead in advancing RC activities.<\/p>\n

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      \u25cfRC Audit<\/div>\n

      In accordance with the \u201cBasic Philosophy of RC,\u201d \u201cBasic Policies of RC,\u201d and \u201cResponsible Care Rules,\u201d RC audits are conducted to verify whether RC activities are properly implemented according to the RC plan and ISO management system, and whether they are functioning effectively.
      The audit team, composed of the leader and members of the RC & QM Subcommittee, checks whether RC activities are appropriately carried out and the PDCA cycle is effectively operating at the head office, each plant, research center, and affiliated company; the team also reviews compliance related to environment, safety, and health.
      Any identified issues or potential risks related to environment, safety, health, and quality are clearly highlighted to prompt corrective actions.
      In FY2024, the RC audit was conducted nine times at the head office, plants, research center, and affiliated companies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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      \u25cfResponsible Care (RC) education<\/div>\n

      To promote understanding of RC activities and ensure their steady implementation, the Hodogaya Chemical Group provides new employees and employees who have been transferred to a new department or workplace with structured training on the Seven Codes of Responsible Care (management system, environmental conservation, security and disaster prevention, occupational safety and health, logistics safety, chemicals and product safety, and dialogue with society), as well as on quality management or quality assurance.
      We also conduct regular annual training for ISO management system internal auditors to foster human resources.<\/p>\n

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      [Seven codes of Responsible Care]<\/div>\n

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      • Management system: <\/span>Carry out each of the 6 activities systematically in a unified manner to effectively and efficiently promote continuous improvements in the environment, health, and safety.<\/li>\n
      • Environmental conservation: <\/span>Continually reduce substances that are hard on the environment through business activities while being concerned with improving the environment, health, and safety.<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Security and disaster prevention: <\/span>Prevent accidents such as chemical leaks, fires, and explosions.<\/li>\n
      • Workplace safety and health: <\/span>Eliminate occupational accidents, reduce potential sources of danger, encourage health improvements and the creation of a comfortable work environment, and improve the safety and health standards of workplaces.<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Logistic safety: <\/span>Reduce the risks during the distribution of chemicals that could affect employees, transporters, delivery workers, subcontractors, society, and the environment.<\/li>\n
      • Chemicals and product safety: <\/span>Control the risk of danger and harm to the environment, health, and safety across the entire lifecycle of chemicals and products in order to promote the environment, health, and safety of all stakeholders.<\/li>\n
      • Dialog with society: <\/span>Endeavor to provide information on the environment, health, and safety across the entire lifecycle of chemicals and products to general society and local society and ensure that correct information on environment, health, and safety is shared with employees and the general public in order to respond appropriately to the concerns of the general public.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n


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        Message from the Executive Officer in charge of Production<\/h5>\n
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        Fumio Wanme
        Executive Officer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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        The Hodogaya Chemical Group regards Responsible Care activities as one of the most important pillars of management, engaging in initiatives that encompass environmental conservation, security and disaster prevention, workplace safety and health, chemical and product safety, quality assurance, logistics safety, and dialogue with society.
        Furthermore, through the promotion of digital transformation (DX), the Group is working to streamline business processes and enhance data-driven decisionmaking, thereby improving safety and productivity while reducing environmental impact. In doing so, we aim to realize environmentally friendly manufacturing and build a new foundation to support value creation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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        Voice<\/div>\n
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        Tsukuba Research Laboratory
        Research and Development Department<\/p>\n

        T.M.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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        \u201c4S Time,\u201d an initiative of the Workplace Safety and Health Promotion Committee, launched a few years ago<\/div>\n

        My group handles various chemicals used to create new products. Since improper handling can lead to serious accidents, we conduct a risk assessment for all chemicals used during our monthly workplace safety and health meetings, sharing information on hazards and countermeasures. We also pay careful attention to the laboratory environment. As team members become more experienced, their workbenches and surrounding areas tend to become \u2018their own space,\u2019 but to someone else, it may appear as though they are falling behind in 4S practices (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize). For this reason, starting a few years ago, our group members have gathered every Friday to check that 4S practices are upheld. While gaining proficiency in our work is important, we aim to maintain awareness of potential risks and foster a safety-conscious culture to achieve zero accidents and incidents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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        Tsukuba Research Laboratory<\/p>\n

        Y.S.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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        As an occupational safety and health promoter<\/div>\n

        As an occupational safety and health promoter, my job is to create an annual action plan on the various environmental and safety issues that need to be addressed at our workplace, and to execute and control the progress of the plan. At the monthly occupational safety and health meeting of the Functional Materials Group, lively discussions are held among superiors and subordinates, seniors and juniors, regardless of rank, and I feel that through various initiatives, there is a growing momentum in which each of us think about safety more seriously.
        \nEnvironment and safety are critical theme that constitute the bedrock of our business activities and are essential in gaining social trust and coexisting with society. It is a theme that must be grappled by the collaborative effort of all employees, and I am also committed to fulfill my own role, cooperating with others, giving attention to environment and safety at all times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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